Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Cheshire, Beeston, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1797, castle and bridge, rev. sac cypher, edge engrailed, 9.39g/6h (DH 4). Small graze in field below date, otherwise extremely fine with a little original colour, attractive (£80-100)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by Dr David L Spence.

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Provenance:
Fawcett/Litman Collection.

Beeston Castle, built by Ranulf, 6th Earl of Chester in the mid-1220s, passed into the hands of Henry III in 1237. It was largely demolished in 1646, subsequent to the Civil War, during which its Royalist garrison was subjected to a lengthy siege by Parliamentarian troops. A tourist attraction since the 1840s, it is now administered by English Heritage